#wise man

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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